The Remarkable Doctor John Martin Honigberger (1795-1869): A Review of His Travels and Medical Practices
Journal Title: International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
Dr. John Martin Honigberger (1795-1869), a native of Romania was a very charismatic, energetic and devoted physician, scientist as well as traveller who spent more than thirty years of his life in the East. He was able to speak several languages fluently. He travelled to Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Central Asia and India etc. and devotedly practiced his profession there. He excelled in treating in various kinds of diseases through allopathic, homeopathic and other types of medical systems. He is the man who introduced homeopathy for the first time in India. During his journey, he suffered from critical diseases several times, but he remained safe and sound through his own treatment. Having latest knowledge regarding medical systems, he successfully treated various rare diseases and effectively performed many types of surgeries. During travelling he did not miss any opportunities to obtain information concerning medicine. He practiced in the regions of the Ottoman Empire and served as a royal physician in the Sikh Empire. A number of health centres, dispensaries and a gunpowder mill of the Sikh army were under his charge. His travelogue is certainly a remarkable account and every paragraph of it consists of significant lore.
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